WEBVTT LIVE,LATEBREAKING.THIS IS WESH TWO NEWS AT 5:00.STEWART: WE BEGIN WITH AHEARTBREAKING STORY.A YOUNG MOTHER AND FATHERARRESTED, FACING CRIMINALCHARGES IN THE DEATH OF THEIROWN CHILD.THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'MSTEWART MOORE.MEREDITH: I'M MEREDITHMCDONOUGH, IN FOR ANGELA TAYLOR.WESH 2'S DAN BILLOW IS LIVE ATTHE COCOA POLICE DEPARTMENT WITHTHE DETAILS.AND DAN, HOW OLD WAS THE BABY?REPORTER: THE BABY WAS JUST AMONTH OLD A BOY.HE DIED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO,BUT JUST TODAY, HIS PARENTS WEREARRESTED AND BROUGHT HERE TO TCOCOA POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHEREOFFICERS ARE INSIDE BOOKING THEMON CHARGES OF MANSLAUGHTER OF ACHILD.>> DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE BEINGARRESTED?REPORTER: THE FATHER IS21-YEARS-OLD.THE MOTHER IS 19.THEIR INFANT BOY DIED MAY TENTH.>> WE RECEIVED A 911 CALLREFERENCE TO A ONE-MONTH-OLD NOTBREATHING.WHEN WE GOT THERE, OUR OFFICERSAND FIRST RESPONDERS TRIED TOREVIVE THE CHILD, BUT COULDN'TIN THE END.REPORTER: POLICE SPENT THE NEXTTWO WEEKS INVESTIGATING, ANDBELIEVE THE CHILD MAY HAVESUFFOCATED, ALTHOUGH TODAY ASPOKESPERSON SAID THEY DO NOTHAVE AN EXACT, OFFICIAL CAUSE OFDEATH.>> ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THEPARENTS WERE NEGLECTFUL ANDCAUSED THE CHILD TO DIE.IT HAPPENED AT THE COUPLE'SAPARTMENT ON FLOWER MOUND ROIN COCOA.REPORTER: AND POLICE SAY THEPARENTS MUST BEAR THE BLAME FORALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN.>> THE DETECTIVES WERE ABLE TODETERMINE A TIMELINE THAT THECHILD WAS NOT CHECKED ON FOR APERIOD OF AT LEAST FIVE OR SIXHOURREPORTER: JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO,POLICE RELEASED THE NAMES OF THEPARENTS.FROM HERE AT THE POLICEDEPARTMENT THEY WILL BE TAKEN TOTHE BREVARD COUNTY JAIL TO AWAITTRIAL.

Florida parents arrested in death of infant, detectives say

Parents arrested in death of infant, detectives say

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Updated: 3:27 PM EDT May 28, 2017

COCOA, Fla. —

Florida detectives arrested the parents of a 1-month-old baby who died in early May.

Police said Superiah Campbell, 19, and Cameron Dowden, are each charged with manslaughter in the death of their son.

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Police responded to Oak Meadow Apartments in Cocoa on May 10 after a emergency caller said a baby had stopped breathing.

Paramedics pronounced the baby dead at the scene after attempts of trying to revive him through CPR and a defibrillator.

Detectives said the child had not been checked on or cared for for at least six hours on the day he died.

Officials determined the death was a result of negligence.

Detective Debra Titkanich wrote in an arrest report of the two parents, "both parents showed a reckless disregard for human life."